This defile is named for a series of skirmishes between Indians and Emigrants on the Oregon Trail, August 10, 1862. Nine whites were killed, and six more were wounded. As the traveler speeds through this opening in the rocks, he seldom thinks of...
Black and White illustration of Boise City and Valley, view from Fort Boise. From: Strahorn. Robert E. Small circles displaying The Resources and Attractions of Idaho Territory
In his interview conducted September 17, 2003 with James Besleme, Clint Whitney detailed his two-year employment as a laborer on the White Knob Mine Hill in Mackay, Idaho from 1929 through 1930. Whitney discussed working conditions, mine technology...
"Compton I. White, Gen. Mgr., John Sharpe, (?)easer, Ivor Anderson; measuring new strike in the stope. 7' 10" as compared with engineer Rush J. White's estimate of 6 inches." Two miners stretching a measuring tape across the rock face as another...
Man in center, wearing vest, and white shirt, is John McNish. He was an Emmett pioneer of the 1880's. An Idaho Statesman article, dated February 3rd, 1957 states that "the picture was taken at the Gold Hill mine in Quartzburg in 1885. While these...
Dedication of Memorial, Hope, Idaho. This commemorates this coming of the first white man to Lake Pend D'Oreille, David Thompson, Explorer, Geographer and Fur Trader, September 8, 1809.
Three Nez Perce at the time of the 1863 Treaty negotiations. On left is Timothy. White men (left to right): unidentified, Robert Newell, Perrin Whitman, unidentified. Lawyer is Indian in center. On right is Jason. This was the Pe-Lumptk or...
